When Merkel opened the doors what - two years ago for 1 million + illegal migrants (people without a required visa), it appears "Mutti" didn't realise how much she would upset her voters. The last election has proved that. If all that is needed is a health certificate, I think I can manage that. There is a place within the UK pet passport that asks for certification by a vet that the animal is qualified to travel. It does NOT need to be filled out between EU countries. If Mutti decides differently, well this option is already available. OK, problem solved; next curve ball from EU? We are a small island nation, we cannot accommodate everybody. The reason WHY EU migrants come over here is because of better employment here than in their own home countries, mostly in the eastern part of the EU. I was an employer, I experienced this first hand. It all boils down to money and the extra cash Mutti and her side kick Macron will have to fund. They can't look to the poor four: Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece. Those four countries found ingenious ways to avoid paying taxes a long time ago. The shortfall of €12-15 billion in Brussels' coffers will in all probability fall on the German taxpayers. The € is way over priced, it affects tourism. The concept of the EU could never work until the price of coffee is the same in every member state. Over simplified, but poignant how the member states think. Remember when Hungary built that fence to keep migrants out and then armed it? Brussels did not issue any retribution did they? Hungary gave them , didn't they? As did many other eastern EU members. Mutti didn't launch threats against them, did she. Our holier than thou BBC never reports on the real difficulties the other 27 members countries are having do they and believe me, they are having lots of issues, more than we are.